If you’ve ever wanted a visual representation of the word “desperate”, may I present to you this latest anti-gay marriage ad from a group called Nation For Marriage. As you’ll see, it features actors and actresses discussing their heartaches over laws allowing gays and lesbians to be married — while all the while lightning flashes and heavy, dark clouds swirl all around them in the background. What’s next? Blood-filled rivers? Death and destruction? These groups are an embarrassment to modern society. (For additional laughs, check out the outtakes from the auditions for this ridiculous PSA.)

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I saw this ad yesterday and it made me furious! My husband and I were fuming at the homophobic hate group that created this asinine propaganda.

Thank you to Iowa and Vermont for some super good news these past two weeks!

http://www.anorak.co.uk Paul Sorene

But they may be prevented by “love” and a “rainbow coalition” of like-minded people of every right-minded viewpoint from those who hate gays to those who merely despise gays all the way to those who think gays are products of the Devil’s spunk.

Some thoughts: They accuse same-sex marriage advocates of wanting to force their views on them. Pot, kettle; kettle, pot.

If you’re against gay marriage, don’t have one.

And for you, the doctor, torn between your “faith” and your work, find a line of work that doesn’t involve procedures that would violate your idiotic religion’s strictures.

josephG

This is the dumbest thing I have ever seen.

I forwarded the audtions to my friends and we are sitting around LAUGHING at these idiots.

If this is all the Right has left to give…it is smooth sailing from hear on in….BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA….WHAT IDIOTS!

jamie lynn

i find it really ironic that “a rainbow coalition…is coming together… to protect marriage” when the rainbow is a signifier to the gay community. also, they never explain HOW this is “threatening” their lives or “taking away” their “freedoms”.
it seems like the oppression they are claiming comes from their own intolerance and unwillingness to be open-minded.

Oh my god! Give me a freaking break! They sound like whiney little babies…’I am afraid’ Of gay people? You’re seriously afraid of gay people? I will never understand how someone can say that proponents of gay marriage are trying to inflict their values onto them with a straight(no pun intended) face. Isn’t tell someone they can’t be married inflicting THEIR values? Argh!!

Not Gay

This is a bad PSA. However, I think a lot of gay advocates misunderstand the difference between being scared and just outright disapproving. I disapprove of homosexuality. I am not scared. Oh… and gay ppl highjacked the rainbow. I say its time we take it back.

are these the same actors (voices) from the Simpsons ??
they make it sound like they themselves will be forced into gay marriage !
hilarious !

Electric_Insurrection

Quick, everyone put on your helmets, the gays are coming.

JB

that ad is so gay.

mark

gay advocates misunderstand being scared and disapproving. I don’t. The psa says their scared…the third lady to talk says it. Here is another thing. who cares if you approve or not. it doesn’t matter what you think. if you think it is ok for you to have a right and other people not to then you clearly do not understand the basis for what this country stands for. this psa while disgusting will have no effect because it is so dumb and void of any kind of point. gay people didn’t “highjack” the rainbow. the rainbow flag is a flag symbolizing unity.

Dr.DJ

blatant hypocrisy aside,

let’s not forget that MY life’s freedoms are in peril because these conservative jerks want to force their Religious views and practices on ME !!

we don’t all share your “faith”, so don’t i have the option to live my life without being exposed to this self-righteous, God-fearing drivel ??

Henry the Older

Nothing really new here. We get something like this every time we try to tax or regulate some sheltered industry, or before elections (picture old people whining about how the Democratic nominee is going to take away their SS or Medicaid). Looks like a typical RNC- coordinated PAC ad. Only thing different is that they are branching into social(religious) issues.
Expect much more with the National Health issue (“They’re taking away my doctor!”, “I’ll lose my freedom of choice!”; “I have to sit by while they tell my child in school that socialized medicine is a good thing!”).

Shirley White

How in hell will my getting married affect these bunch of haters? so sad.
Let them waste their money, because gays will get married no matter what.

woodenpickle

I’m with Not Gay. I’m not scared. I just don’t believe in it.

Two guys can not physically “fit” together nor can two girls. It’s fault of science for proving that it’s wrong, not religion.

Stop trying to teach my children that they should ignore factual science just because they want to.

TMAN

A laughably desperate attempt to ‘scare’ the confused and intolerant. After reading NRO’s anti-marriage editorial — I really like what one anonymous person had to say:

I also love the casual assertion that “marriage is by nature the union of a man and woman,” as if marriage is some sort of naturally occurring phenomenon like evaporation or mitosis. Marriage is a social construct. It’s whatever we say it is. And it has meant many different things over the course of human history. For instance, polygamous marriage was once very common (still is in some parts of the world). And for many centuries, marriage was primarily a financial arrangement and a way of ensuring inheritance rights. Women were essentially bought and sold. The modern concept of love as a basis for marriage is of relatively recent vintage. And civil marriage is a very different thing than religious marriage (which itself differs from religion to religion and culture to culture). The idea that there is some sort of platonic essence to marriage is just rubbish. Marriage was created by human beings and human beings can choose how they want to define it.

http://www.thediscerningbrute.com The Discerning Brute

I can’t wait until EVERYONE is forced into being gay married! yay!

themessenger

“coming together in love to protect marriage”

Priceless line from people that spend countless dollars to promote hate. This is pathetic, a true testament to how ignorant, stupid, sad, and brainwashed mankind is. I still find it incredible that these people think that if you teach equality and make gay marriage legal, that every kid is going to grow up gay, they still think being gay is a choice. Ok, now i’m getting angry.

http://www.myalaska.net Kevin

The answer is really quite simple: Remove marriage entirely from the State. Marriage is a religious institution and that’s where it should be managed.

Maggie

What’s sad is that my mother-in-law sent me a link to this video along with an email praising them for their work on this “great psa” which would “surely make a difference” in their “mission from God to save the sanctity of marriage”.

lmao

Jeff Little

The Storm coming is call the “Winds of Change”.

http://ww.gay-friendly.org.uk Michelle

As Whoopi Goldberg once said, if you’re against gay marriage, don’t marry a gay person…

Seriously, I find it really offensive that people are contesting my right to marriage. I don’t stand up and say heterosexual couple shouldn’t be able to show their love for each other in a marriage. I find very hurtful that they feel they so easily can the other way.

Topher

Sad. Especially when this organization is basically a front for the Mormon Church.

Ross

How would a Doctor feel conflicted about gays in their work?

The Texas Trucker

Why are you idiots bringing politics into this? Why all the reference to the Right? I’m a conservative myself and have always been an advocate of same sex marriage. It isn’t my bag but I don’t a gay couple should have to live as not much more than roommates if they want to marry. That being said i know ALOT of Liberal morons who are quite homophobic.

Stop the damn political conversations. This has nothing to do with political affiliations. It has to do with your own personal beliefs of gay marriage.

Forrest

National Organization for Marriage?

om NOM NOM NOM

hil

what I don’t get is how conservatives can denounce homosexuals as “promiscuous” and “perverts” and then in the same breath denounce them AGAIN for wanting to enter into a committed monogomous relationship. WTF?!?!?!?!

VeggieTart

Not Gay–you can disapprove of homosexuality all you want. That doesn’t mean they’re going to magically change.

woodenpickle–homosexual behaviors are common among non-human animals, done to foster social bonds. And there are lots of things humans do that are not natural, such as drive cars, live in buildings, wear clothes, etc.

TMAN got it right–marriage is a social construct and has changed over the centuries. Allowing Ellen and Portia’s marriage to have legal weight won’t damage the institution any more than Britney “Married on an Impulse” Spears, “Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire,” “Married by America,” “The Bachelor,” “The Bachelorette,” and a pretty high divorce rate in the U.S. will.

Hector

Yeah, finally an Ad that makes some sense.
Gay-Marriage isn’t okay.
Just because people tolerate Homosexuals doesn’t mean you have to like it.
Now you gonna force people to like it ?
You Pro Gay Marriage people have your heart in the right place but your mind and actions not.
Why cant people be against it ?
This is a free country, and while i have homosexual friends, I defiantly do not want somebody telling my kid that being a Homosexual is normal, BECAUSE ITS NOT!

It goes completely against nature!
If we were all Homosexuals we would not survive. I guess you people don’t get that.

Let them have domestic Partnerships as they have now or invent something new that has the same rights. But redefining marriage is just absurd.

If you like it or not, if you follow history, marriage is something that has been derived from the Catholic belief.
As a monogamous dedicated relationship between a man and a woman.
As much as you people want to hate religion standing up for what it held truly and kept a health environment for a society to grow and prosper.

Instead of redefinig what has been a foundation of the way people live for hundrets of years, why not create something new. Why must you pro gay marriage people want to take away my right of being classified as married from between a man and a woman.

Whats the next step ? polygamious marriages ? Where 3 people can get married ? After that you wanna get married to animals ? after that maybe even to objects ?

Hell i don’t even care if you do just don’t reclassify something that has proven itself for centuries.

And i can understand you pro gay marriage people that you want a union, but whats so wrong with what you have now ? or get garried for all i care.

Next thing you know people will be telling 5 yr old boys that wearing dresses is okay and teat him as a homosexual when all it took was to tell the kid that men dont wear dresses.
This is happening in Canada already, because teachers dont draw a line nor do they correct kids behavior, and if they do they treat it with medication.

this is a sad future i see ahead.

http://sustainablog.org Jeff McIntire-Strasburg

And locusts… don’t forget the locusts…

I’m completely befuddled about 1) how this involves taking freedoms away, and 2)how a physician’s conflicts between her faith and medical practice has anything to do with gay marriage.

Megan

Wow, I hope these people don’t have a problem looking like real jerks on tape. 20 years from now when hopefully everyone realizes that this is an equality issue they’re going to feel like real jackasses. It’s as if you were caught on tape advocating against mixed race marriages!

Kuno_Thunder

Some of these people make it sound like the gay people are going to FORCE THEM TO BECOME GAY or something. Talking about their “rights getting taken away”, how about giving people the rights they others already have?

Jay

Hey Hector, you are truly an idiot

“If you like it or not, if you follow history, marriage is something that has been derived from the Catholic belief”

Oh really? So all other religions copied the Catholic’s idea of marriage? Do you not think that that Muslims get married too? I guess they “copied” Catholics. Idiot

“Whats the next step ? polygamious marriages ? Where 3 people can get married ? After that you wanna get married to animals ? after that maybe even to objects ?”

This is the single dumbest argument you anti-gay marriage people make. Make marriage between 2 consulting adults you intolerant dumbass

“It goes completely against nature!
If we were all Homosexuals we would not survive. I guess you people don’t get that.”

You know what else goes against nature? Women who can’t give birth or get pregnant, if women were all like them, then we wouldn’t survive. THROW EM ALL IN JAIL!!! THERY AREN’T NATURAL!!!

Oh, and marriage has been around for more than “hundreds of years” you illogical bigoted idiot

Also, if a doctor takes an oath to treat people and help them to the best of their ability and they don’t because the patient is gay, they should have their license taken away, read the oath they take if you disagree with me

http://tshirtdekonstruction.com dekonstruct

Wow, you can’t make this stuff up. A rainbow coalition of every creed and race? Except gays of course.

Someday I hope these people stop NOM NOM NOMing on the dicks of WASPs and take some time to think about what equal rights actually means.

h

I always find it surprising that those fighting to “protect the sanctity of marriage” don’t instead put their money into campaigns against TV shows like “The Bachelor” and (previously) “Who Wants to Marry a Millionaire.” Devaluing marriage to a gameshow prize does more to hurt the institution than REAL love between two men or two women ever could.

alex

whats the big deal? im a straight man, and i would love to be forced into a marriage with a gay woman

alex

please god, protect me from your followers

alex

news flash: there is no such thing as god´s law. its all made up by other humans

alex

not only will you be forced to accept gayness as normal, you will also be forced to eat pork

alex

will it be a federal agency or a private agency in charge of forcing us to be gay? i am opposed to this if its a federal agency but am willing to accept it if its managed as a private agency (no beaurocracy)

m

this ad encapsulates the real contradiction of christian ethics:

yes, we are accepting of all people. but this means that those we can’t accept (because the bible tells us not to) must not be properly human.

BigBlackMan

I wonder what the psa’s for pro-slavery looked like. Or the psa’s for anti-womens voting rights.

Ironic! They are complaining the government is oppressing there beliefs. While they are oppressing gays’ beliefs.

Hitler had similar views. Almost 1 million gays were killed in the holocaust.

i am a professional assasin, leader of an elite crew of international hitmen. we call ourselves the “huggy-wuggies”

dbicknell

Ugh, this ad made me so mad. As a straight female who was taught by many gay teachers, gay marriage has absolutley no impact in my life. And the part when the mother said, “schools are teaching my child that gay marriage is ok.” First, I was not taught about marriage in school, and second, teachers should be teaching that EQUAL marriage rights for all is good.
I am still suprised that straight couples really feel gay marriage will affect them. It won’t and they don’t want it to, they just want to have the happiest day of their lives start with equal marriage rights.

Matt

In my experience, most people who are anti-gay are actually just anti-gay-sex. The best way to stop gay sex is to let gay people get married. Everyone knows that sex ends with marriage.

steph

well put Jay.

I cannot wait till the day where we will look back at shite like this and just be ASHAMED!

Just as most people are ashamed of our history of denying rights to blacks and women in the past.

Whoever…

I’m stunned!

How can humanity evolve when there are so many ignorant and ‘zombified’ people living in this planet?

As long as people don’t hurt others (humans and non-humans) or the environment, they should be allowed to do anything they wish!

Who cares if you’re against gay people or gay marriage?
It’s none of your business! It’s their lives!
What, you think they’re going to ‘infect’ you with gayness or something!?

Religion has a saying in this why? WTF?
What has been the main reason behind wars throughout the centuries? Oh yeah right, religion!

—-
Okay…
The catholic religion condemns the use of condoms! They say people should practice abstinence!!! They prefer that thousands of people with STD infect other people than to use comdoms… They know people will always have sex! At least they should advise them to practice safe sex.
Also the Vatican has so much money that they could actually help end poverty and hunger. But do they truly do it? NO! No way in hell they’re going to give away all their money to help people! But wouldn’t that be the will of christ?
Instead, they battle against condoms!!!

What about radical muslims? In Afghanistan, for instance, they want to pass a law that forces a woman to have sex with her husband whether she wants to or not, and also forbidding her to leave the house without her husband’s permission. What kind of marriage is that?

And what about certain countries where men are allowed to have several wives but women can’t have more than one husband?

And I could go on…

Therefore, arguments such as ‘marriage is between a man and a woman’ and that ‘marriage is sacred and should be protected’, accordingly to god, allah or whatever, are nothing but a load of crap!

These arguments are only used by religions and radical groups in order to control people by making them follow their rules. This way it’s easier to ‘zombify’ people… as if we don’t have enough of that already!!

Why is the truth of these groups and religions the ‘real truth’? Why? Because they say so? Did god himself (and why are god, allah, etc. male figures and not female…? – maybe because they were invented by men?) say that?

The bible? Where are the original texts from which all bibles were translated? Do you know what translating means? Do you have any idea how a source text, particularly a metaphoric text like the bible, can be altered if a translation is badly done? So the bible means very little to me…

What about one of the 10 commandments – “Thou shall not kill?” Isn’t it strange that a perfect being like god didn’t specify “killing what?” Isn’t it ambiguous? Or did (s)he mean not killing any living creature? Therefore all christians, at least, should be vegetarian…!

Oh and BTW although it seems I’m against all religions, that’s not true! What I’m against is ignorance!
I don’t have a religion but I’m a very spiritual person (interpret it as you wish).

LIVE AND LET LIVE!!

Jeremy

Love is important, but many poeple feel that THEY decide what “love” is. For that matter, what “good” is. As far as I can see ALL states approve domestic partnerships giving poeple who live together legal rights parallel to marriage. The reason it is an issue that you don’t understand with regard to religious people who know there is one true God, is because you do not want equal rights. You have it now. You are going after Holy Matrimony. The same one defined by God in the Judeo-christian bible. You want your domestic partnership to be recognized as “OK” by God regardless of what the scriptures actually say about it and many other things. Do you seriously think that if you win your abilility of mankind to consider same sex as a covenant before the same God who condemns it that it would make any difference to God. Why are you not happy with just having the rights to be together. Why must you push hard for the pastor and church setting? Your conscience itself will testify against you.
Atheist, religious, or agnostic, the questions you post about the bible are easily found if you are looking for an answer. In my opinion though, an atheist can’t find god for the same reason a thief can’t find a cop. There are MANY references in the bible defining “thau shalt not kill”. Consider this though, Jesus himslef said that hatred IS murder and that lust IS adultery. The law never saved anyone, it’s purpose was to expose what is truly in us. You may choose to be with someone of the same sex but the bible is very clear that God is not for it and anyone who calls themself a christian or a priest or a pastor and teaches otherwise is, again according to the bible, a heretic with deceitful motives. I do not say these things because I don’t like you, I say the same to liers, thieves, and blashphemers who are all violating the same standard that god has set. Yes I even judge myself.

Julie

What a load!! Absurd!!

Jade

this is seriously the most fucking dumb thing i’ve ever seen. “coming together in love…” WHATEVER.
people like that are what’s ruining america, not the gays.

hidden101

wow. i can’t even find the words to describe how ridiculous this is. i still can’t quite get over the fact that no reason or logic is ever used in any christian argument. when are christians going to pick up a book other than the bible and find out that marriage is not originally a christian institution? if they don’t oppose non-christian marriages, why do they oppose same sex marriages? simple- they are bigots. it’s complete and utter bigotry. and it’s disgusting. christians are inhibiting the progress of a free-thinking society and we need to keep doing everything we can to stop the nonsense. if you want to be religious, that’s fine. i will always honor your decision to do so. just please please please stay the fuck out of everyone else’s life. we are tired of it. why don’t you get it- we don’t believe what you do. your religious laws don’t mean anything to us. we think god is just as silly as unicorns and leprechauns. and to the person that said “let’s take back the rainbow”- you just showed your bigotry. if you think it’s something you need to take back, it’s pretty much saying “those people aren’t equal to me, they took a symbol i think belongs to me” as if they aren’t just as human as you are. you’ve reduced gays to subhumans with a comment like that and it’s truly reviling.

sarah

it isn’t ALL Christians. I’m Christian but I support gay marriages.
just saying.

Andy

This is why the government should only issue civil unions. Rewrite all the laws to say civil union instead of marriage, and let the church perform a marriage ceremony.

That way, Gays get all the legal protection afforded to civil unions, and dumb idiotic conservative christians can turn around and tell their children that those people aren’t married.

jeliot

I think I just vomited. Nothing about this is funny. It’s just plain rude.

Jnc

dson, thanks for posting that Doug Stanhope video! that about sums it up, seriously. in an hilarious way

James

He said “rainbow coalition”

ahahahahahaha

http://mooreclick.wordpress.com caroline

I’m really over the whole “If everyone were gay, the human race would die out” argument.

Extending that line of reasoning, should people who are infertile be denied marriage rights? I mean, if we were all infertile, the human race would die out.

If I didn’t feel that people getting married at drive through chapels in Vegas threatened my marriage, then I don’t see how Adam and Steve shacking up is going to affect my life in any way.

And your poor kids thinking homosexuality is normal? They already think 50 hour marriages are normal. That going on a reality show to find a husband is normal, or that cheating on your spouse is normal. How is having gay people that actually WANT to be married and committed to each other giving your kids the wrong idea?

The argument that redefining marriage is somehow wrong is equally ridiculous. Marriage has been repeatedly redefined throughout the years. And it is NOT historically “between a man and a woman”. At several points throughout history, it has been between a man and SEVERAL women. Since our parents didn’t arrange our marriage, and my father didn’t have to pay out a dowry for me on our wedding day, I’d say redefining marriage to be more in line with our current culture has gone quite well.

Personally, I’ve always seen religious marriage and legal marriage as two very separate things. I don’t need a piece of paper to tell me that I’m committed to a person, but I do need that piece of paper if I want certain rights. If churches want to not recognize or perform gay marriages, I think that’s well within their rights. Much like many churches won’t marry people if their spouse is of another religion (say, you’re Jewish and your spouse-to-be is Catholic). It’s their right to do that. But the state should be required to.

http://www.veganjapan.net herwin

“Rewrite all the laws to say civil union instead of marriage, and let the church perform a marriage ceremony.”
hey, thats an interesting thought.

hector

Hey Jay, you are truly an idiot

Oh really? So all other religions copied the Catholic’s idea of marriage? Do you not think that that Muslims get married too? I guess they “copied” Catholics. Idiot

You are the ignorant prick Jay.
I said religion as a whole and referenced Catholisim. What me to cite all the religions for you ? dumb prick do your own research besides following the flock.

“Whats the next step ? polygamious marriages ? Where 3 people can get married ? After that you wanna get married to animals ? after that maybe even to objects ?”

This is the single dumbest argument you anti-gay marriage people make. Make marriage between 2 consulting adults you intolerant dumbass

Why dont you come up with a productive counter argument besides calling everyone an intolerant dumbass. As you can read in my origianl post i clearly state that homosexuality is completly tolerable and should be. Never stated that its not. I stated that its not normal. Human beings are designed to reproduce with the same sex, or are they ? you gonna argue evolution ? Besides my argument was relating the trend. And if you know anything about statistics then you will know that after 2 comes 3. after mono comes poly. no ?

“It goes completely against nature!
If we were all Homosexuals we would not survive. I guess you people don’t get that.”

You know what else goes against nature? Women who can’t give birth or get pregnant, if women were all like them, then we wouldn’t survive. THROW EM ALL IN JAIL!!! THERY AREN’T NATURAL!!!

You ignorant prick. Thats a genetic defect and not the norm. With your logic we would base how the world works around everyones handicaps. My arguments come from the norm aka healthy human being with no genetic defects or inabilities.
Who said anything about Jail? what are you a fearmongerer ? im just saying that Marriage should be between a man and woman and not same sex people. Put on your aluminum hat the goverment is listening.

Oh, and marriage has been around for more than “hundreds of years” you illogical bigoted idiot

What a great observance. You come up with yourself ? why dont you tell me exactly what year marriage was invented and i will recite. damn you can just turn your name calling back to yourself.

Also, if a doctor takes an oath to treat people and help them to the best of their ability and they don’t because the patient is gay, they should have their license taken away, read the oath they take if you disagree with me

I never said that a doctor shouldnt treat a patient and i agree with you.

Jeremy

A poor argument I’m afraid. Usually when a person lacks content they use a lot of explicatives like it makes it more important or true. No dice. Also, the muslim bible and the catholic/christian bible both have the Torah which is the first five books of the bible including genesis, exodus, levitecus, numbers, and deuteronemy, so actually, YES the Muslims get the sanctity of marriage from the same source as Christians and Catholics. It doesn’t look intellectual when you site things you obviously haven’t read past the first page. Hypocrates!

Andre Landzaat

Sickening! Hypocritical! What freedom are they talking about that is taken away from them? Where are they coming from? It is all so simple. Let kids be raised in LOVING families, no matter if they are straight or gay. That’s what is important, not the many divorces and hateful relationships so many kids have to endure.

ginger chapman

You are absolutely right, Andre, and well put. I cannot believe there are so many ignorant people in this country. It is just shameful.

Jay

Hector. Wow. Dumber than I thought

1. You can’t lie about what you said when I can just scroll up and look at it. You did not reference religion as a whole, you said marriage was derived from the Catholic belief, you are wrong and you are trying to cover it up. Pathetic

2. Really hector? Did I make an “observance” hahahaha. I’m not calling everyone intolerant, I’m calling YOU intolerant

3. Here is an OBSERVATION for ya, why should you have to be able to reproduce to get married?

4. I was using the jail reference to insult your intelligence. It worked

5. I did make a counter argument to your absurd argument, it is that you make marriage between 2 consulting adults.

6. I wish you couldn’t reproduce, I’ll give you yearly payments if you don’t

7. I don’t know when marriage was invented, I was simply making fun of you for thinking it was hundreds of years old. That was my “observance”

Idiot

Jay

Will someone please explain to me what they mean when they are talking about it being brought into their lives or how their freedoms will be taken away? This is a legitimate question, I don’t know what they are trying to say

EqualityForAll

Not only are these people hateful, they are also ignorant. In the California Constitution, (The section about life rights) states that ” All people are by nature free and independent and have
inalienable rights. Among these are enjoying and defending life and
liberty, acquiring, possessing, and protecting property, and pursuing
and obtaining safety, happiness, and privacy.” in the beginning, but then further down ” Only marriage between a man and a woman is valid or
recognized in California.” How hypocritical is that?

Also:
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, ratified in 1976, and agreed to by 47 countries, was passed in order to stop discrimination and the abridging of human rights unconditionally. This bill was ratified by the United States, therefore the protection extends over all US citizens. This declaration states in article two that “Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status.” Obviously, this includes all people, including homosexuals. This means that any statement on this declaration about marriage or civil unions includes those who are attracted to those of the same gender. Article one states that “All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.” This article clearly states that making laws that create unequal rights is clearly illegal. The part of this historic and immensely important document that concerns marriage is article sixteen. “Men and women of full age, without any limitation due to race, nationality or religion, have the right to marry and to found a family. They are entitled to equal rights as to marriage, during marriage and at its dissolution.” When laws like Amendment Two (Florida) and Proposition Eight (California) are passed, they are not only unconstitutional but also highly discriminatory and illegal through international law.
And:
The first amendment of the constitution, which addresses religious freedom and freedom of speech and the press, states “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.” The part that states “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment” means that congress is forbidden to make a law that is based off of religion, meaning that bills such as Proposition 8 and Proposition 102 were unconstitutional before they were even voted on. The States were founded on the basis of separation of church and state. Also, the fourteenth amendment firmly addresses citizen’s rights: “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside. No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the
laws.” This amendment means that you cannot abridge the right of any citizen in any way. Banning gay marriage is cutting off the right to marry of a certain group of citizens. Marriage is an aspect of life, so California, Florida, and Arizona and denying people life by banning gay marriage. As clearly stated in the US constitution, banning gay marriage is illegal.
This ad is infuriating and reveals the true idiocy behind religion.

Jeremy

Good point about the hypocracy at the begining there. It is simple and it has to do with morality. it is the same thing for abortion issues. Many poeple are not ready to change from the indecent sinful acts of one man sleeping with another man sited in the bible to making it morally ok now. i’m sure it will happen soon though. I wonder if they are going to lower the age limit for pedifiles too? makes you wonder though what is the standard for morality and where does it stop? A rapist is only doing what he feels is good for him. A liar is lying because it’s easier than getting in trouble for the truth, and a pedifile enjoys children sexually more than adults and that is their pursuit of happiness. Good look with the everyone deciding their own form of good. As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

RAINRA

how about your life…?… how about gay couples lives??? They are human too. right???? My oh my… There are so many things wrong with this way of thinking. I thought conservatives want less government regulation well it seem they are trying to regulate marriage. Whmm religion and government hand in hand. Let people be… and mind your own. Gays or not if we can’t live in harmony what is the use of being here in the United States of America. This is the melting pot not one big Church. Religion is yours to practice and yours to keep do not to push onto others and try to regulate your faith on other people and someones freedom. No physical or violent harm is result of allowing gays to marry. So let it just be. Be cool, and be open minded… once you shut the door you have lost the ability to respect and learn.

Jeremy

So just BE gay and stop trying to force your beliefs and lifestyles on everyone else. Get your own marriage type status (aka not holy matrimony). Most poeple on this blog would think I am intolerant. The question is (and has been obviously answered as “no”) is Will you tolerate that? Hypocrate!

Ronny

Death penalty for all US-people who are against gay-marriage!! We Europeans have ever known that you US-people are not normal. Just have a look what you have done with your oh so proud country. USA is nothing, except absolutely gaga and so awkward. Shame on you!!!

Jay

Where are you from Ronny?

Jay

For a European who is so tolerant and progressive, you sure are quick to call for a mass execution

Ronny is angry. And that`s okay. The words he`ve written are not okay. Because i love America. It`s a beautiful country. But groups like this anti-gay group, are terrible. Hateful, stupid and against God. I`m a Republican. But a liberal one. And i believe in God. God full of grace and love. So they are not true christians and they are not true americans.

Ronny

Right now Jay, I’m from Switzerland and I’m proud of it! I’m sorry for my hard words, but I’m so sick about such campagnes from people who have no idea what they talk about it. Isn’t this unbelieveable? We’re all fighting for a tolerant gaylife, for our human rights – in Switzerland, in Europe and there are still such parochial people, who has nothing better to do, as produce such bullshit. That even violate the law of discrimination!

Louie

You know, I’ve always loved PETA for using controversy to create discussion about animal rights issues. The asinine stunts get a lot of attention the animals desperately need, but I feel very strongly that this cause does not deserve the same treatment. Ignore it. Go watch Prop 8 the Musical and support a different message.

DO YOU REALLY WANT YOUR SON OR BROTHER TO BE ON HIS KNEES BLOWING SOME HOMO IN A STRANGE BATHHOUSE ? WHAT IS RIGHT ABOUT THAT YOU SICKOS…

VeggieTart

If marriage is about children, then should infertile couples be required to divorce? Should people who don’t want children be disallowed from marrying? What about all the gay couples who adopt children–oh, wait, the religious folks want to stop that also, although the joke goes that once kids come into the house, most of the sex stops.

Marriage is purely a sociopolitical construct. It is a contract between two people.

2.Gay marriage will encourage people to be gay, in the same way that hanging around tall people will make you tall.

3.Legalizing gay marriage will open the door to all kinds of crazy behavior. People may even wish to marry their pets because a dog has legal standing and can sign a marriage contract.

4.Straight marriage has been around a long time and hasn’t changed at all; women are still property, blacks still can’t marry whites, and divorce is still illegal.

5.Straight marriage will be less meaningful if gay marriage were allowed; the sanctity of Brittany Spears’ 55-hour just-for-fun marriage would be destroyed.

6.Straight marriages are valid because they produce children. Gay couples, infertile couples, and old people shouldn’t be allowed to marry because our orphanages aren’t full yet, and the world needs more children.

8.Gay marriage is not supported by religion. In a theocracy like ours, the values of one religion are imposed on the entire country. That’s why we have only one religion in the world.

9.Children can never succeed without a male and a female role model at home. That’s why we as a society expressly forbid single parents to raise children.

10.Gay marriage will change the foundation of society; we could never adapt to new social norms. Just like we haven’t adapted to cars, the service-sector economy, or longer life spans

Hector

Jay Not one factual reference anywhere… that proves stupidity. Nothing but name calling & accusations and assumptions.
Your use of lame sarcasm and unrelated scenario’s really dosen’t help your case.

It truly saddens me that people like you can negate my vote.

Brittany

Excuse me, but please I would like someone to explain to me how the hell something as inconsequential as gay marriage could take away the “freedoms” of those against gay marriage?

I have never met anyone with such small mindedness. Oh and Hector, to be quite honest: homosexual behavior IS normal. No it’s not the sacred “social norms” that many of us have been subjected in the past, but it doesn’t make it “wrong.” I’m a firm believer that you CAN be born gay, and if my 5 year old son decides he likes to wear dresses then by God let him wear dresses, who is it hurting? Absolutely no one. I’m tired of the homosexual community being persecuted against and feeling the need to hide their true sexuality. Marriage is a constitution that is said to be between a man and a woman because of RELIGIOUS affiliation, I believe the United States Constitution calls for separation of church and state — when are we going to start listening to that?

Marriage in the sense of the word varies greatly from culture to culture, religion to religion. There is no right definition because of this variation so why not accept a universal definition of “a union between two people in the bonds of love and commitment.”
Who gives two shits if they are the same sex? It changes nothing about the feelings between them nor the way it effects the rest of society.

Please, I’m just asking for every person regardless of sexual orientation to be able to stop calling their lovers “roommates” and finally having the equal opportunities that heterosexuals enjoy.

Monique

Yes, excuse you, Brittany.
Just as you state, homosexual behavior is just that…a BEHAVIOR, and behaviors are not afforded rights.
You are a FIRM believer that people can be born gay? On what pretext? What evidence? Oh…wait…there is none. Again, it is a BEHAVIOR that goes against thousands of years of tradition. Yes, gays have been around for thousands of years as well, but have “hidden” just as they should – they have known full well that it has always been wrong and against nature and that is why they have hidden. Now they come out of the closet only because of all the other rights movements over the last 4 decades…and for some reason, they think they’re BEHAVIOR should be afforded rights. Blacks and women were given rights to vote and be equals because they are just that…EQUAL human beings. It has nothing to do with behavior. In addition, just because people are against gays and their new-found demands for “special” rights, does in no way whatsoever, make them small minded. It makes them smart…smart to push out the vile behavior that has spread more cases of AIDS in this country than all other activities combined.
As far as how it impedes on our freedoms…well, there are several ways. A couple of them are…#1 With the legalization of homosexual marriage, every public school in the nation will be required to teach that this perversion is the moral equivalent of traditional marriage between a man and a woman. We will be forced to publish men/men and women/women relationships in our children’s school text books, even as young as kindergarden. I’m sorry…but that is beyond disgusting, never mind what it will do to their poor little brains besides confuse the hell out of them. #2 Parents will be FORCED to teach/accept this perverted lifestyle to foster children.
All in all, a behavior that has been oppressed for thousands of years, should not be afforded any rights. After all, it has been oppressed and regarded as wrong for obvious NATURAL reasons.

Jeremy

Should pedifiles hide thier true sexuality or express it freely as they see fit? How about rapists? Make no mistake, this is 100% a moral issue. Thank God you have the right to speak freely about it.

Rachel

wtf?! these ppl are morons. Marriage is not a religious Institution . You don’t have to get married in a church. You do however need a marriage license from the government. None of what they say makes any sense. You have no choice?? yeah you do….dont get a gay marriage

Jeremy

Actually you don’t need anything from the government. A marriage certificate from a priest or pastor has the authority necessary. It’s been that way since before government issued them.

Brittany, thank you for being quiet honest. But being homosexual is not normal. Same as people with birth defects are not normal.

You pro gay rights people really need to listen more. Just because people say no to gay marriage dosen’t mean they are anti-gay, that is your own ignorance that leads you to that conclusion.

And you non-homosexual gay rights activits really need to take your head uot of your asses and read, clearly and be open minded, not just say you are and think just because you are a gay rights activist that you are automatically right.

Those people who voted Yes on Prop 8 arent against gay-marriage, for the majority part, but for protecting a union that has been sacred for thousands of years. If you gay people want to have a similar union so be it. call it garried, have all the same rights. But dont make heterosexuals redefine what is theirs for a select few.

There is the olympics and for the handicap there is the special olympics.
See instead of having the normal athleats skip on one leg in order to make it fair for the ones with a handicap, they just made another event, called the special olympics with people who do have handicaps.
Pretty easy solution no ? and everybody is happy.

Oh Jay you are living on the moon. Your arguments are stupid and absolutely wrong.

Eddie

The biggest problem I see with anti-gay propaganda is that most of them always quote the bible.
The bible says its wrong, so its wrong. That’s the general argument that they’re throwing out there. But at the same time, they’re hypocritically spitting in the face of their own faith.
If Christians/Catholics believe, that the Bible is the true, 100% word of God, and that God is infallible, then they should not be picking and choosing what laws to follow, and ignoring the ones they don’t like.

It is hypocritical for a religious zealot to spout about homosexuality is wrong because the bible says so, and some even go as far as saying that gays should be killed, because the bible says so, while within the same few pages of the bible, it says that: shaving, eating shrimp (shellfish), polyester, and working on Saturdays are also abominations onto the Lord.

If they want to argue that gay marriage is wrong because the bible says so, then lets see them picket barber shops and the Red Lobster.

Let us not forget, the bible itself is wrought with contradictions.

Thou shalt not kill, is suddenly usurped with, “Thou shalt not kill, except for the gays, disobedient children, rape victims, women who don’t bow in church, prostitutes, and that village over there, go kill them, sell the children to slavery, and rape the virgins, call the rape marriage, it’ll be fine.”

Marriage is not a sacred institution. Not in a country with shows like “The Bachelor” and “The Bachelorette,” and “Who wants to Marry a Millionaire.”

Now, I’m not saying marriage is bad. But, what I am saying, is that marriage is not sacred. It never was, it never will be. It is the union of two people , who want to be together, due to feelings of love for one another.

Let me put it this way:

Somewhere out there, two hormonal teenagers are having pre-martial sex. Right now. They’re doing the dirty, doing the do.

You didn’t know about it before. Your marriage or relationship was fine. Your credit score was fine.

But now that you know that two horny lovebirds are about to get their freak on, did your credit score plummet? Did you come down with some incurable disease?

No. Why? Because the choice of two people, who are in no way connected to you, has no bearing, or weight on your life.

Do the world a favor, and mind your own damn business.

Jeremy

You are wrong about the effect. Will she get a desease? Will he? can they afford health care for it? Will she get pregnant? Can he take care of a family? Do they pay taxes? Do they have an education? Where will they live? What will a young teenager who is still learning about life teach a child? The bible, for your enjoyment, also says that the road is NARROW and few find it that leads to life. The road that leads to destruction? you guesses it, WIDE OPEN! There are no doubt, many hypocrates, that in no way disproves that God established a marriage between one man and one woman as a covenent and specifically addresses the other option. No one ever followed the law perfectly, except one man. The purpose of the law is to expose sin (rebellion against God / lawlessness). Judge yourself to see if YOU indeed are a good person. Ever lied? Ever stolen anything? Disobeyed you parents? Cheated? hated? Looked with lustful intentions? If so, then you too are guilty.
How about the hypocracy of God “showing up” at every atheist funeral or to blame when something bad happens? I guess he is just up there zapping poeple with bad stuff? Or maybe the one who created us, knows how we work best. When we don’t go his way (and we have that choice) and consequences happen(like he said it would) somehow we are arrogant enough to blame him. Unreal!

http://gmail.com Fly

To everyone on this that’s posted something anti-homosexual, I ask you this:
Why do you personally think homosexuality is wrong? No examples, what-ifs, or scenarios. Just saying straight out what you feel is wrong about it.

Jumpinkang

This video makes me sad that I’m American. We obviously pride for being so socially advanced, but when the subject of gay marraige is brought up, people go ballistic. If this type of discrimination were being held against straight couples, they’d be fighting back, too!

Tim

I am appelled that people have nothing better to do in their meager lives then to worry about someone who they don’t know and telling them what to do? Who are you to judge me? Who died and made you boss of everyone else? Think about this, if marriage is a tradition and sanctified then why is it that men and women (who are straight and mariied) cheat on their spouses (I thought it was one man and one women; not one man ond five women)? But gay people are promiscuous…that is a lie. I can’t call my boyfriend “husband” (didn’t know it was just designated to straight people), I have to say “partner”, “significant other,” “roommate” it is unfair. If marriage is tradition then why can you get a divorce (which is a sin)? If you get a divorce don’t remarry, because if you couldn’t get it right the first time then what makes you sure the second time will be right. God, allah or whomever you pray to has more important things to worry about then what I am doing in my life. This gay marriage ban is in violation of the 14th Amendment of the Constitution of America!!! Explain to me that in the 1600’s when the Puritans left England because they couldn’t worship how they wanted and they came to America to be free of the control of England…why is it that we are doing the same thing that England did? How are you goung to lose your freedom anyways? If marriage is for procreation tell that to an impotent male and post menopausal female to forefit their rings…they can’t reproduce. Homosexuality is NOT a choice as most think, God created everyone out of His image as it states in the bible. So he created me as I am and if he hates gays then why are we still alive? This ad is a laughing stock to America; The Land of the Free…yeah right!! What about our rights that we are intitled to?